Comments on the Linux face off article between Red hat and Ubuntu

by Wirehead

Paul W. Frields said...
Fedora does indeed have the Pan newsreader available. You can use the Package Kit installer to install it, or do 'yum install pan'. There are third-party repos such as rpmfusion that carry the Nvidia drivers, and installation is point-and-click simple.

Finally, there's even a flash page on the Fedora wiki that tells you how to make flash work perfectly. (Google "Fedora Flash" -- pretty easy!) :-)
July 27, 2009 9:00 AM

Bob said...
You apparently did not read enough to know that Fedora is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), which means you'd have to enable RPMFusion to gain the Third party drivers for audio and video. That Totem plug-in and Pan is available; I'm looking at it.

And in Fedora, as in most distros, you'd use a root password (su or su-) to handle installing packages. It's considered more secure than having an open sudo. Remember that Linux is all about security. Of course, if you prefer, It's very easy to set up sudo on Fedora as it is on any other Linux distro. Keep in mind that under the hood, they're all Linux.

As to ClamAV, yes, it will update just fine, if you read enough to know to add 'freshclam'. That's what 'manual' pages are for, my friend.

Fedora's a US distro and Ubuntu's a S. African distro. Different laws apply. Remember reading that disclaimer on not using copyrighted codecs if you're in the US?

There's tons of info available if you take the time to look and read, rather than jump in without research.

I hope that anyone reading your blog will realize that millions of people have success where you've fallen short.
July 27, 2009 9:24 AM

Tom said...
Nice post. You are totally right. Ubuntu is way easier than Fedora (although they can be equally buggy. Debian beats them hands down in the stability department.)
July 27, 2009 10:00 AM

Bob said...
One additional comment: next time you install it, use AutoTen: http://www.dnmouse.org/autoten.html to add many of the things you've been confused about.

Tom's right about Debian and stability. The packages are older, but rock-solid. Fedora's a testing distro and cutting-edge breakage must be expected.
July 27, 2009 11:32 AM

Sid said...
I resorted to Fedora 11 KDE because Kubuntu had so many problems. But Fedora 11 has the screen resolution problem, it can find automatically fix the resolution to 1280x1024. I have to do it every time manually using "display". Then finally yum was so totally screwed that I could not fix it. I tried the help from the Fedora forums but everything failed.

Even a humble distro like PARDUS can do things better than mighty Leonidas of Fedora. I had only bad experiences with Fedora all the time. Now I think I will be back to buggy Kubuntu because at least Kubuntu has fixes that work. Fedora is broken beyond fixing.
July 27, 2009 8:00 PM

In summary, if you are a Linux savant, Red Hat may be the way to go. I usually don't read the manual until I run into a problem. If you are a noob or newbie, Ubuntu may be the kinder, gentler way to go. I do plan to try Debian Linux that Ubuntu is based upon the next time I have to reload.

I resolved the video problem by removing the the Nvidia video card and replacing with an ATI PCI Express card. An ATI Catalyst Control Center appeared on the menu when I rebooted.

Regardless of what Linux distro you choose, Linux is a smarter and more economical way to go than Windows 7. You do need a little more technical skill than the average Microsoft Windows bear. Give it a whirl and Rightardia hopes that some of the reader comments will help you with your next Linux install.

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